Saturday, April 30, 2011

Kim Yu-na to lead after the short program of the worlds

MOSCOW — the winner of the Olympic Games in South Korea's Kim Yu-na, a dramatic return to competition Friday, after the short program to lead figure skating World Championships.Korea's Kim Yu-Na performs during the short program event of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships on April 29 in Moscow. , Yuri Kadobnov, AFP/Getty Images

Korea's Kim Yu-Na performs a short program during the event, the ISU World Championships result on April 29 in Moscow.

By Yuri Kadobnov, AFP/Getty Images

Korea's Kim Yu-Na performs a short program during the event, the ISU World Championships result on April 29 in Moscow.

Her first competition since last year, despite the preparoitujen worlds Kim stepping out of her opening triple lutz 65.91 points. He made a rapid recovery, double toe-loop to tacking onto his triple Flip combination and he needed to perform a routine clinical precision rounded Giselle. "I've been doing clean short programs at home, was disappointed not to make a clean short program competition. .. but I am the first and I am happy with, "Kim said.Ice dance, the reigning Olympic and world champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada won a brief dance to take over the lead a bit, the main rivals Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the United States. Tennis tournament ends Saturday in the free dance and the women's free program. Kim is the presence of the Polish or overwhelming as he did in the last year or in 2009, when he won his world title. Still, he was impressive, because he had not competed for more than a year. "Don't take too much time to build my stamina and physically, "he said," but was so strong mentally. "Japan's Miki Ando trails close 65.58 points. 2007 world champion was a versatile if less tension in the performance. Ando was asked why he chose triple-Double when he cannot do triple-triple combination. "My triple-triple has been good, when I got here, "he said," and a short program is really important not to miss any time warp. "Ksenia Makarova of Russia was third, landing her opening triple-triple, and later the triple toe purely to the attitude of the flamenco routine. "I could put a really strong short program and I got the best one at the end of the season. So I am very happy with that, "said Makarova.U.s. champion Alissa Czisny was fourth after the proceeds and to guarantee the performance, a little wobble, a triple flip, his only concern. "I was nervous going into the short program today. My last two World Championships short programs were not so great, and I wanted to go out and skate my best, "said Czisny, who is in his career after moving to rose to Yuka Sato and Jason Dungjen after last season. "I fought all of my program so I was happy with."Russian Alena Leonova dazzled with the sassy Polka, while at the same time, until the end of the fifth, Carolina Kostner, Italy, and it remains to be seen which crashed after catching the heel landing a triple flip is complete the top six. It specifies the free skate on Saturday, an exciting free software only six points separating the top six skaters.Mao Asada, the defending champion and seventh in the long term competitor was Kim after a disappointing performance. He two-footed his triple axel and a triple Flip underrotated. Rachael Flatt of the United States can manage only eighth opening combination in the downgrading of his double, a triple lutz and doubled since then. "(Right) my legs a little bit of bothering me, and it was the type of thinking should be done in the last seconds, regardless of whether or not a lutz or pie, "Flatt said. "What kind of distracted me."Ice dancing, defending Champions and Moir once triumphed with the evocative, crackly vinyl audio track to sweet, as a matter of routine.Olympic Champions preparoitujen 74.29, the highest point of a short dance because the component is replaced by the compulsory and original dances during this period. Despite missing most of the rustiness showed as of the end of the year, although the virtue, recovered from his surgery in October, and to the feet of the couple are being pushed back to the characters in the worlds of five weeks.Worlds was planned for the last month in Tokyo, but moved to Moscow in the earthquake and devastating tsunami in Japan. "We felt the country as the athletes, but we just needed to be taken in order to go with the flow and be ready for whatever decision was made, "said. "I believe that the time to think about skating and the competition seemed to worry about silly and very banal."Davis and white, which was the final match at the Olympics and the under world, Moir and the world championships last year, trying to become the first Americans to win the world title for the dance. They are only half a point behind, after the boisterous oom-PAH "La traviata", as well as the flamboyant, despite getting a synchronized programme twizzle series. "We were very happy with that performance, "Davis said. "It was exactly wanted here and do not. We were really confident, and has already been moved, tomorrow. We are really comfortable at this stage of the season and we are very happy with this competition. "European Champions Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat France were third with an elegant classical Waltz.The US team of brother and nephew Maia and Alex Shibutani surprising fourth worlds was their debut thanks to their routine to the fairytale "the Carousel Waltz". Ekaterina Bobrova of Russia stress-Dmitri Soloviev and Nikita Katsalapov-Elena Ilinykh, rounded out the top six.For more information about the print code and access rights, visit our FAQ. Report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor Brent Jones. For consideration for publication in the newspaper to comment letters@usatoday.com. Include name, phone number, city and State inspection. You can view our corrections, go to corrections. usatoday.com. We've updated the chat help. Changes include a brief overview of the monitoring process and the report of the "report abuse" button (). Read more.

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